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The curious minds at What If detail the terrifying findings scientists made on a planet eerily similar to Earth.

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THERE are planets beyond our own that could be hiding untouched paradises.  Exoplanet LHS 1140 b is just one of them – and ...

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NASA hasn’t landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet’s surface ...